Sad Tale from Palau in Micronesia, are they declaring an open season on the local shark population?

© Photo Courtesy Palau Shark Sanctuary

I have been visiting and shooting (not Sharks) in Palau the past 14 Years and I continue doing so…but maybe there is nothing left to shoot soon, well at least underwater.
At the moment there are disturbing reports on the Internet on a proposed new Bill that could wipe out the Shark Population in Palau.
If the Sharks are gone, a natural predator, then many other marine species will slowly disappear too, what is to happen to the Diving and Tourism Industry then?
Who knows? The way it looks few care!
I sincerely hope that this new Bill will not pass, all over the planet we are trying to do our bid in the conservation of our forests, waterways and marine life.
Palau in Micronesia is one of the very few places left on Earth where we can find a healthy environment which was protected up to now..
Because some Countries like to slurp this tasteless Shark fin Soup, Mother Nature has to suffer again, in all honesty when will we ever learn before it is to late…

If we keep going at this rate and wipe out our Marine life and forests there be nothing, absolutely nothing left for our children, very selfish of us…at least we had the pleasure to see a better and greener Earth…but our Children don’t have the same right then us, because we took it away from them.
Very selfish indeed! Wake up your Politicians and stop this madness, Global warming is already having its toll now you add more pain to the injury.
See below excerpts and the LINK to the complete article and recent images.
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Palau has gained much international notoriety for taking strong positions when it comes to protecting it's environment and natural resources including setting aside marine and terrestrial conservation areas, outlawing live reef fishing, and banning the taking of sharks or their fins. The President even set an illegal catch of shark fins on fire some years ago in protest against the then lax laws against shark fining.

While there are many great stories to tell about accomplishments made by Palau, there is also a sinister story that somehow gets brushed aside or swept under the rug, and that is the impact of licensing foreign fishing fleets to operate in Palau's waters. It doesn't take much research to find out that fisheries around the world are in grave danger of total collapse. It takes even less research to uncover the unsavory performance records and in many cases illegal activities associated with commercial fishing fleets worldwide. In the case of Palau, the main regional fishing fleets emanate from Japan, China, Philippines and Indonesia…http://sharksanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/05/stealing-future-commercial-fishing-in.html